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I would think it's not going to provide the plants with much usable light

Actinic lighting dosen't even provide corals with much usable light and it's a SW bulb. I only use them to bring out colors in fish and corals

I would stick with a 6500K or 6700K bulb for FW plants

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Unless the light amount is way too high, it not going to "burn" your plants

It just won't have the correct light spectrum for your plants to grow and thrive wo they likely will not do to well. IME, the blue-r light tones can also promote algae growth in FW tanks

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